Pulau Ubin!

H says she noticed I have stopped blogging ever since I returned to Singapore. More than anything else, it's coz I don't have easy access to a computer after working hours. I can use the super lao pok computer in the living room - I think it's 6 years old, or use the comp in my brother's room (but his room smells so funky that I reckon spending time in that room will cause giddiness and the nose to die involuntarily in order not to inhale 'poisonous' fumes. Hurhur.

I've been a good gal -I think - I have been going back home for dinner at least twice a week and then meeting either the gals or G for dinner/movie. It is like life is back to normal. In the car one weekend I turned to G and went 'WE IS NORMAL!'! Heh. The novelty is wearing off after about 2 weeks liao - and speaking about 2 weeks, MY DAMN BOXES AIN'T HERE YET! Super annoyed coz apparently there was 'port congestation in HK'. Oh like THAT is my problem. Grrrr! Well I should be finally getting them before this weekend.

Yesterday, a few of us went to Pulau Ubin to go on a boardwalk. Check out this site -- http://nakedhermitcrabs.blogspot.com/ We have our pic there haha!

Me & H about to board our bumboat at Changi Jetty. There is no regular departure time - the boats leave once each has 12 people. It costs $2.50 per person and the journey takes 10 minutes. Quite fun! Very old skool and the boat uncles are extremely grouchy!
HELLO UBIN! My first trip there leh. Yes I so suaku, it's a bit sad.

We went to Chek Jawa on the board walk along the shoreline and within the mangrove swamps. We saw fiddler crabs, mud skippers (which looks like slabs of shit with eyes wahhaa) which was quite cool. I've never thought there was still quite a bit of nature left in urbanized Singapore. This is a pic of me climbing the Jejawi Tower (observatory deck) This is a pic of...Civet Cat shit. Wahahahah! Did you know we still have civet cats in Singapore? We didn't manage to spot any unfortunately but we definitely saw signs of them around! For the uninitiated, the deal with these cats is that in Vietnam or can't remember which part of the world, these cats eat coffee beans and then shit them out, and these digested coffee beans are being carefully gathered and cleaned and made into extremely expensive coffee beans. WTF - I know. People pay good money to drink this coffee. Our guide said she tried something similar before and said the coffee is just sourish. This baffles me. The thought is just repulsive.
At the English Cottage at the end of the trip! We went off to have a seafood dinner near the jetty before heading back to Changi. There should be a few more pics on H's camera and will upload when I get them.

I'm baccccckkkk!

In the office now waiting for 300MB worth of emails and 6 gig worth of work and personal emails to come through!

Feels kinda odd to be back - the working environment ain't the same plus the SG office has a new boss so cannot come and be my usual obnoxious self that my colleagues are used to.

I have a swanky new SONY VAIO to work on but the screen is so small I can't quite get used to it!

Being the horrible packer that I was, I have heaps of stuff in boxes on their way back to me and they will only reach me some time middle next week. In the meantime, I hope I won't need anything from there though I've brilliantly packed some of my jewellery in there - DOH!

Going to lunch and then buy my office hi-fi later! Yay!

Last post from Hong Kong!

As cliched as it sounds, time really does fly and this is my last post from Hong Kong! I meant to blog last night but I was talking to G till 11 ish then I was packing like a mad woman till 2am. Plus I was EXTREMELY upset with my cleaning lady who threw out some of my clothes, after she mistook them for trash. She was supposed to wash them, put them in a plastic bag coz she was using my laundry pail to transfer the washed bed linen and then she forgot about them and took them out like trash. FARKKK!!! And what makes it worst is that two of those clothings were brand new - worn that once or twice - one pair of H&M shorts and a Roxy top. Sigh!

In any case, today being my last day, following HK tradition, I bought boxes of eggtarts (some people buy cakes) and went around the office to give everyone. My office gave me a digital photo frame which shows pictures of me in HK which was quite touching. I have all these photos which I never developed and just occasionally look at when I open my folders. We also had a lunch in the office where I gave probably one of the shortest speeches ever in farewell speeches but I can't find anything to say. I will miss HK, but HKies who only speak Canto - NOT so much so.

Still got a bit of packing to do coz I realise not everything is going to fit in my suitcase so gotta take stuff out and fit them into the boxes! No fun at all! I seriously packed until I wanted to just fucking throw everything away (and I threw loads away) and I still got things like fish fingers, Haagen Daaz ice cream in my fridge which no doubt will be going into the bin tomorrow.

Going to a club tonight - my HK office has organized a dance competition and we will just take the opportunity to go and drink and be merry! BUT! Not before I try to pack somemore!

Signing out for one last time from Cantoland!! See you all in sunny, insanely hot Singapore very soon!

COMING BACK! FINALLY!

After 2 years and 10months ish in HK, I am finally headin back to Singapore. G was here over the past 4 days to help me pack coz I am HORRIBLE at packing! We have conquered 7 boxes altogether (3 were done on my own - 2 boxes of clothes, a box of books and bags) but I am thankful for his help! My place still look like a tornado went through it coz there are still small knick knacks and daily items that I can't put away until the very last day. So I believe the grand total of boxes going back would be 8. G also helped me carry back some of the more precious things - like brand new toiletries, and my Prada and MJ bag.

These are my flight details. My mom says she & my dad will come and meet me at the airport which is kinda sweet and kinda funny too. They've picked me up like once or twice only so far. I'm trying to get G to drive us back and he said his parents want to come and meet me at the airport too!

14JUN 2008
SINGAPORE AIRLINES 865
LV: HONG KONG AT: 1830
AR: SINGAPORE AT: 2210

Very tired from the packing and also waking up at 6.30 as G was on a 8.55am flight and I had to go with him with his baggage (since he's carrying my stuff!) and his baggage was 23kg! Gulp. 20Kg is the limit but luckily he being on CX, they were quite lenient....

Will try to blog for one last time before I leave my lovely apartment! I will miss my apartment the most, and of course the shopping and food of HK!